The Washington Capitals search for their first playoff series win all-time against the Montreal Canadiens in Round 1.

MEDICINE HAT - Ryder Ritchie scored the game-winning goal at 13:44 in the second period as the Medicine Hat Tigers edged the Broncos 3-2 on Friday to advance to the second round of the Western Hockey ...

CALGARY - Jackson Unger made 33 saves to earn a shutout as the Lethbridge Hurricanes opened their second-round series against the Calgary Hitmen with a 4-0 win Thursday in the Western Hockey ...

Ollie Josephson scored once and added two assists as the Red Deer Rebels defeated the visiting Calgary Hitmen 5-2 in Western Hockey League ... Wash. — Logan Pickford had a goal and assist ...

Brayden Schuurman scored the shootout winner to lift the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 7-6 win over the Spokane Chiefs on Friday in Western Hockey League ... Markus Loponen, Logan Pickford, Cole ...

VICTORIA - Cole Reschny and Brandon Lisowsky each scored twice as the surging Victoria Royals blitzed the visiting Kamloops Blazers 7-1 in Western Hockey League ... in the WHL on Saturday: OIL ...

LANGLEY, B.C. - Ty Halaburda scored twice and Colton Roberts had a goal and assist as the Vancouver Giants edged the visiting Kelowna Rockets 6-4 in Western Hockey ... in the WHL on Saturday ...

SEATTLE - Jeremy Hanzel had a goal and an assist as the Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Kamloops Blazers 3-1 in the only Western Hockey League ... Netminder Logan Edmonstone stopped 48 of ...

Alex Weiermair scored a goal and added an assist in Portland's 5-2 win over Moose Jaw in Western Hockey League action ... HURRICANES 4 WILD 2 WENATCHEE - Logan Wormald had a goal and an assist ...

Thompson (upper body) skated Thursday but isn't expected to dress versus the Penguins. Head coach Spencer Carbery doesn't plan to give much in the way of injury updates during the playoffs, but he did ...

The banged-up Washington Capitals could be getting a couple of their most important players back in time for the start of the playoffs or at least sometime in the first round.